Title: Intervention
Rating: PG
Characters: Morgan, Reid, Garcia, JJ, Prentiss, Rossi, and Hotch
Warnings: None
Summary: The team stages an intervention to help end Morgan and Reid's fight.
Disclaimer: The only thing of Criminal Minds that I own is the first four seasons on DVD.
A/N: This is the "sequel" to Wills sorry it took me so long.
"I can't take it anymore!" Penelope Garcia threw up her hands, very frustrated.
"I know," Emily Prentiss looked over her beer. "They are being childish."
"It's beginning to scare me a little." Jennifer Jareau looked at her companions as they nodded in agreement.
The women of the BAU had decided to have a girls night out. They had been chatting amicably about shopping, makeup, and general girly things that would make most males cringe. Soon however, their conversation had turned to their male coworkers; specifically the behavior of two coworkers, Derek Morgan and Spencer Reid.
The two profilers hadn't spoken unless they had had to in almost a week and a half and frankly the stress and tension was taking its toll on everyone.
"We have to do something." Garcia took a gulp of her fruity pink drink. "I've not meddled, but this can't go on."
"I agree. It's not just affecting them anymore." Emily said seriously.
"What should we do?" Garcia looked hopefully at the other women, glad they were in agreement about the two men.
"I think we need an intervention." JJ said.
Emily nodded. "Agreed." She raised her glass, "To getting Morgan and Reid back together so we don't have to hear them bitch." The two other women cheered as they clinked their glasses against hers.
"Conference room." Derek and Spencer both looked up from their paperwork as Hotch called to the team over the railing outside his office.
Spencer immediately stopped working and got up without a glance at his fellow agents and walked to he conference room.
Derek finished the sentence he was working on and followed Spencer at a much slower pace, throwing a glance to Emily who shrugged as he got up and started walking towards JJ who was coming in from her office.
Spencer began to suspect something was wrong a few minutes after entering the conference room. Dave was already seated when he entered so Spencer took a seat and began to look around for case files. When he didn't see any Spencer concluded JJ must have had them. He then became confused and tense as JJ walked in with nothing in her hands. Spencer was very tense by the time Garcia bustled in. Hotch moved and closed the door behind her, turning the lock.
"What's going on?" Derek had become suspicious too.
"We're tired of you and Spencer behaving like children," Garcia said looking much more serious than normal.
"In other words, an intervention," Hotch said.
Emily and Dave got up; when Emily spoke it was her interrogation voice. "Now, we can do this one of two ways."
"And what ways would those be?" Derek spat. He didn't like this. It was his fight with Spencer; he didn't need everyone's input and interference.
"We can talk this out like civilized people and solve this issue or we can beat you both until you see reason." Dave leaned on the table in a threatening manner.
Spencer spoke for the first time since entering the room, it wasn't his normal voice; this was the voice of trapped Spencer. "Look, Morgan and I can handle it. It's none of your business," he snapped. He felt very boxed in and like his team was ganging up on him. Images of his past began to flash in his mind.
"This just isn't affecting the two of you. It's affecting all of us." JJ looked at the two of them. "What caused all this anyway?" JJ continued.
Both Spencer and Derek looked embarrassed. A light blush graced Spencer's cheeks. They looked each other in the eye for the first time in nearly two weeks. Spencer's blush deepened and Derek looked sheepish.
Garcia's eyes widened a look of comprehension blossomed on her face. "Oh my God!"
Derek and Spencer's heads swiveled to look at her. Her eyes were shining. Spencer began to stammer, as his whole face became flaming tomato red.
"No," Derek's voice slightly unbelieving. "Just no Baby Girl. Nothing like that." He looked at Spencer who was vigorously shaking his head looking horrified at the thought.
"Then what was it?" Emily said looking curiously at the two of them.
"It's stupid." Spencer said in a small voice.
"I pulled Reid's hair when he was having a bad day," Derek said. He winced a little; it sounded so stupid when he said it out loud.
"I kind of snapped." Spencer said ducking his eyes and looking at the table. "It kind of snowballed." He was talking to the wooden surface of the round table now.
There was a tense moment of silence and then Emily spoke. "That's it? Pfft that's so girly, no wonder Garcia thinks you're gay."
The tension in the room broke and everyone laughed.
"Look, Reid man, I'm sorry." Derek stood and held his hand out to Spencer who stood and took it.
"I'm sorry too. I shouldn't have acted that way. Friends?" Spencer asked questioningly.
"Always man." He suddenly pulled Spencer into a hug eliciting a surprised squeak from the younger agent who then hugged Derek awkwardly back.
The loud clicks of a camera drew both of their attention and they quickly broke away from one another.
"Well this is nice. I have enough to fuel my fantasies for a few weeks. Bye loves." Garcia quickly crossed the room and unlocked the door before anyone had the chance to bat an eyelash.
She flashed the room one last smile before darting off to her office to do who knew who to the pictures.
The whole team smiled as Derek's voice rang in the air after her. "Baby Girl, I better not find those pictures on the internet!" Everyone smiled; things were finally back to normal.
